ICON 8: IDENTIFIED BIRDS

ICON 9:  IDENTIFIED BIRDS

BY P. S SUNDAR

March 5, 2014.

Over the last fortnight, I had been presenting separately the list of Bird species identified by the different teams during their survey on Big Bird Day in the Nilgiris on Feb 16, 2014. These are available in this Blog as ICON 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7. 

For a closer understanding of the spread of the Bird species, I devoted substantial man-hours analysing them, to the extent possible, in categorised species.  My attempt is to exclude repeats but to include mention of all zones where each species has been identified.   This is an analysis of the compilation received from Jamuna Raju and G B Henriksen and a collaborative study of my articles of Birds identified in the different zones as appearing separately in the ICON series.

I can count 71 species and 192 total including sub-species. 

In the list below, the birds identified are shown as M for Masinagudi team guided by Octavious Bunshaw and Vijay Krishnaraj, UB for Upper Bhavani team guided by G B Henriksen and A Sivalingam, O for Ooty tea guided by A Bheeman Bheeman and N G Manojkumar, C for Coonoor team guided by Manoj Sethumadhavan and Allen Murphy and K for Kotagiri team guided by N Dharuman.   

In this context, I recall my observation in my article in this Blog under ICON: 2 BIRDS AS ICON OF THE NILGIRIS: 

I wish to record the fact that ornithology enthusiasts Jamuna Raju, SRK Ramasamy and G A Vikram created avian history in the Nilgiris on Feb 16, 2014, by opening the first chapter of Big Bird Day in the mountainous district where birds love to live and people love to watch the birds.  

Purple Sunbird (M, UB, O, K)

Crimson Sunbird (M, C)

Loten’s Sunbird (M, C)

Purple-rumped Sunbird (M, UB)

========== Spotted Dove (M, UB, O, C, K)

Laughing Dove (M)

Red-turtle Dove (M)

Eurasian Collared Dove (M)

Emerald Dove (M, UB, C, K)

========== Rock Pigeon ( O, C)

Nilgiri Wood Pigeon (M, UB, O)

=========== Greenish Warbler (M, UB, O, C, K)

Tickell's Leaf Warbler (M, O, C)

Blyth’s Leaf Warbler (M, O)

Clamorous Reed Warbler (M)

Blyth's Reed Warbler (M, C, K)

Blyth's Leaf Warbler (M)

==========  Nilgiri Flowerpecker (UB)

Pale -billed Flowerpecker (M, UB)

Thick-billed Flowerpecker (M, K)

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (M)

Yellow crowned Woodpecker (M)

Streak throated Woodpecker (M)

Flower Pecker (O, C)

============= Jungle Myna (M, UB, O, C, K)

Common Myna (M)

Southern Hill Myna (K)

========== Jungle Crow (M, UB, K)

House Crow (M, O, C)

Long Billed Crow (O)

=============

Yellow-eyed Babbler (M)

Common Babbler (M)

Jungle Babbler (M, UB, C, K)

Puff throated Babbler (M, UB, C)

Yellow-billed Babbler (M)

Indian Scimitar Babbler (UB, C, K)

Rufous Babbler (UB, K)

Twany Bellied Babbler (C)

============= Red-whiskered Bulbul (M, O, C, K)

Red-vented Bulbul (M, UB, K)

Yellow-throated Bulbul (M, UB)

White-browed Bulbul (M)

Yellow –browed Bulbul (M, UB, C, K)

Black Bulbul (UB, C, K)

Grey-headed Bulbul (UB)

================  House sparrow (UB, C, K)

====== Pond Heron (M, O, K)

=======  Shaheen Falcon (UB)

===========  Black winged Kite (UB, K)

========== Oriental-honey Buzzard (M, C)

White-eyed Buzzard (UB, K)

Common Buzzard (UB)

======= Crested Serpent Eagle (M, UB, C, K)

Black Eagle (M, UB, K)

Black Eagle juvenile (K)

Eagle (O, K)

=========== Hoopoe (M, UB, C)

========= Indian Robin (M, UB, C)

Oriental Magpie Robin (M, UB, C, K)

Indian Blue Robin (C, K)

=========== Oriental White-eye (M, UB, O, C, K)

============ Rose-ringed Parakeet (M, C)

Plum-headed Parakeet (M)

Malabar Parakeet (M, UB, C, K)

========== Bronzed Drongo (UB, K)

Black Drongo (M, O, C)

White-bellied Drongo (M, UB)

Racket tailed Dringo (K)

==============  Indian Black Bird (UB, O, C)

=========== Barn Swallow (M, UB, O)

Red-rumped Swallow (M)

Wire-tailed Swallow (M)

Ashy wood Swallow (M, C)

Hill Swallow (M, C)

Streak Throated Swallow (M)

Common Wood Swallow (UB)

==========  Blue Rock Thrush (K)

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (C, K)

Orange-headed Thrush (K)

Malabar Whistling Thrush (UB, C, K)

Nilgiri Laughing Thrush (UB, O)

========== Asian Fairy-bluebird (M, UB, C, K)

====== Shikra (M, UB, O, K)

======== Bar-winged Flycatcher Shrike (UB, O, C)

Long-tailed Shrike (M, UB, O, K)

Bay-backed Shrike (M)

Rufous-tailed Shrike (M)

Brown Shrike (M, C)

Common Wood Shrike (M)

==========  Golden Oriole (UB, O)

Black Hooded Oriole (M, UB)

Eurasian Golden Oriole (M)

======== Small Minivet (UB, C, K)

======== Junglefowl (M, UB, O, C, K)

Red spurfowl (UB)

Indian Peafolwl (UB)

========  Brown Fish Owl (UB, K)

Mottled Wood Owl (K)

Indian Eagle Owl (UB)

=========  Black and Orange flycatcher (UB, C, K)

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher (O, C, K)

Asian Brown Flycatcher (UB, K)

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (C, K)

Asian Paradise Flycatcher (UB, K)

Rusty Tailed Flycatcher (C, K)

Brown breasted Flycatcher (C)

Nilgiri Flycatcher (UB, O, C, K)

Verditer Flycatcher (M, C, K)

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher(M, UB, C, K)

Canary Flycatcher (UB)

Kashmir Flycatcher (UB)

Brown-breasted Flycatcher (M)

===========  Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (UB, C, K)

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (M)

=========  Malabar Trogan (UB, K)

========== White- breasted Waterhen (M, O, C)

Greater Flameback (M, K)

Lesser Flameback (UB)

========= Vernal Hanging Parrot (M, UB, C, K)

=========== Ashy Prinia (M, UB, O, C)

Jungle Prinia (M)

Grey-breasted Prinia (M)

========= Brahminy Starling (M)

Chestnut-tailed Starling (M)

Grey Wagtail (M, UB, O, C, K)

==========  Forest Wagtail (K)

White-throated Wagtail (O, C)

White-browed Wagtail (M)

Yellow Wagtail (M)

======== White-browed Fantail  (M)

White-spotted Fantail   (M)

=======  White-Rumped Spinetail (UB)

======== Pied buschat (M, UB, O, C)

======= Common Stonechat (M)

======== Common Iora (M, UB, C, K)

======== Great Tit (M, UB, O, C)

===== Asian Koel (M, UB)

====== Greater Coucal (M, UB)

========== Common Hawk Cuckoo (M, UB)

Pied Cuckoo (M)

Branded Bay Cuckoo (K)

Grey-bellied Cuckoo (UB)

=========== Scaly-breasted Munia (M)

White-Rumped Munia (K)

========= Green Bee-eater (M, UB)

Blue-tailed Bee-eater (M)

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (M, UB, C)

Blue-bearded Bee-eater (UB, K)

===== White-cheeked Barbet (M, UB, O, C)

Coppersmith Barbet (M, UB)

========= Rosefinch (M, UB, O, C, K)

=========== White –throated Kingfisher (M, UB, K)

Common Kingfisher (M, C)

========  Swift (C)

Crested Tree Swift (UB)

======== Golden-fronted Leaf Bird (M, K)

Leaf Bird (UB, C)

========

Whitte-bellied Tree Pie (C)

======== Nilgiri Pipit (M, UB, O)

Paddy Field Pupit (UB)

========  Brown Cheeked Fulvetta (C, K)

==========  Black Leaf Tit (UB)

Black-lowered Tit (UB)

========== Common Tailor Bird (M, UB)

============  Crested Goshawk (UB, C)

====== White -Rumped Vulture (M, K)

======= Common Kestrel (M, UB, C)

======  Eurasian Blackbird (K)

========== Jungle Bush Quail (M, UB)

========  Common Moorhen (O)

======= Common House Martin (M, UB)

===== Brahminy Kite (M, UB)

Black Kite (M, UB)

Black Shouldered Kite (M)

========= Peacock (M)

======== Malabar Pied Hornbill

========= Chestnut-shouldered Petronia (M)

Long-billed Vulture (M)

Little Spider Hunter (M)

Blue –faced Malkhoa (M)

Indian Silverbill (M)

Crested Treeswift (M)

Little Egret (M)

Eurasian Openbill (M)

Red-wattled Lapwing (M)

Darter  (M)

Lesser Cormorant (M)

Lesser Egret (M)

Intermediate Egret (M)

Glossy Ibis (M)

Green Sandpiper (M)

Humes white throat (M)

Indian Nightjar (M)

Indian Roller (M)